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Old 02-03-2012, 08:35 PM
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Default Ben Gazzara, 81

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/mo...t-81.html?_r=1

Long a favorite.. Passes on the same date his friend John Cassavetes did in 1989.



Falk, Gazzara, Cassavetes. All gone now.
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Sorry to hear this. Rest in peace Ben.

I loved the three of those guys.
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Played the infamous Brad Wesley in the best it's so bad it's good movie ever, Road House.
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Old 02-03-2012, 09:13 PM
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I always watched Run For Your Life .....
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Old 02-03-2012, 09:19 PM
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Played the infamous Brad Wesley in the best it's so bad it's good movie ever, Road House.


As great as his stage and early film career was, I liked how he was able to introduce himself to a whole new generation of filmgoers with great turns in 3 late '90's cult classics: The Big Lebowski as Jackie Treehorn, in the terrific Buffalo '66 as Vincent Gallo's father as well as in the The Spanish Prisoner.
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Old 02-03-2012, 09:24 PM
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Default RIP..Ben

quitely understated...great at his craft!
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Best scene evah:

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As great as his stage and early film career was, I liked how he was able to introduce himself to a whole new generation of filmgoers with great turns in 3 late '90's cult classics: The Big Lebowski as Jackie Treehorn, in the terrific Buffalo '66 as Vincent Gallo's father as well as in the The Spanish Prisoner.

1959 he was the defendant in Anatomy of a Murder..Jimmy Stewart and George C Scott, two of the best in a great movie....RIP Ben...
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